Zitlin's app runs in eight languages, and every staff member picks their own. The front desk can work in English while housekeeping works in Bahasa Melayu — same property, same data, same shift.
Most hotel software asks the same thing of every person who touches it: read English, or guess. That is a reasonable ask of a general manager. It is an unreasonable ask of a housekeeping attendant updating room status from a phone between rooms, or a waiter punching in a table order during a full service.
Zitlin's app ships in eight languages, and the choice belongs to the person, not the property.
The eight languages
| Language | In the app |
|---|---|
| English | English |
| Spanish | Español |
| French | Français |
| German | Deutsch |
| Portuguese | Português |
| Malay | Bahasa Melayu |
| Thai | ไทย |
| Japanese | 日本語 |
There is a ninth option — System — which follows whatever language the staff member's own device is already set to. It is the default, and it means most people never open the setting at all.
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Why per-person, and not per-property
A hotel is not staffed by one kind of person. The front office, the kitchen, the housekeeping floor and the owner's laptop are frequently four different first languages under one roof — and in tourist markets that is the norm rather than the exception.
Software that sets language at the property level forces a decision that always loses somebody. Zitlin sets it per user account, so:
- Your receptionist reads the calendar in English while your housekeeping supervisor reads the room board in Bahasa Melayu.
- A Thai cashier closes the drawer in ไทย, and the shift report the owner opens is in whatever the owner reads.
- Seasonal staff hired for one busy season start on day one in a language they already know, instead of learning your software and a second language at once.
Everyone is looking at the same rooms, the same folios and the same numbers. Only the labels differ.
It costs nothing and it isn't a module
Language is not an add-on, not a Pro feature and not something to enable. Every language is present on the free forever plan, on every platform Zitlin runs on — Android, iOS, Windows, macOS and the browser.
Where this matters most
Zitlin runs in properties across Southeast Asia, where a single property routinely runs multiple languages across departments:
- Malaysia — Bahasa Melayu across the floor, DuitNow QR on the invoice.
- Thailand — ไทย for staff, Thai QR (PromptPay) for guests.
- Singapore — mixed teams, English and Bahasa Melayu, SGQR and PayNow.
- Europe — Spanish, French, German and Portuguese, with SEPA QR payments and VAT invoicing.
What it does not change
Being straight about the edges: a staff member's language setting changes the interface they work in. It does not restate your rate plans, your room names or your menu items — those are text you typed, and they appear exactly as you entered them. It does not change your currency, your tax configuration or the correctness of an invoice. And guest-facing output is a separate question from staff UI; if that matters to your market, ask us on WhatsApp before you commit.
Set it in one tap
Open Settings, choose a language, done. It applies immediately, only to that user, and can be changed as often as they like.
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